akurat

From Dutch accuraat, from Latin accūrātus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈakurat]
• Hyphenation: aku‧rat

akurat

1. accurate (exact or careful conformity to truth)

   Synonyms: teliti, saksama, cermat, tepat benar

• “akurat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from German akkurat, from Latin accūrātē.[1] First attested in 1807.[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈku.rat/

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• Rhymes: -urat
• Syllabification: a‧ku‧rat

akurat

1. used to emphasize the accuracy of information: just, exactly, precisely, to be exact, to be precise [from 19th c.][2]

   Jest akurat pięć jabłek. ― There's five apples, to be precise.

2. used to provide emphasis on a particular object, and draw attention away from other objects: exactly, precisely, actually

   Akurat te jabłka zjem. ― I'm actually going to eat these apples (and not the other ones).

akurat (not comparable)

1. at the moment, at this very moment [from 20th c.][3]

   Akurat myślałem o tobie! ― I was actually just thinking about you!

akurat

1. (ironically) tell me another!, nothing of the kind!, a likely story!, yeah, right! [from 20th c.][3]

   Synonyms: akuratnie, ani mi się śni, jeszcze czego, nic z tego, nic z tych rzeczy, niedoczekanie, nie ma mowy, po moim trupie

   "A potem zjadł wszystkie jabłka!" "Akurat!" ― "And then he ate all the apples!" "Yeah, right!"

• akurat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• akurat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• akurat in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “akurat”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “akurat”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN